Review: Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds: Liverpool Exhibition Centre Words By Susie Bennett / Photography Andy Von Pip The sound of Brian Wilson presenting 1960s Hawthorne California is more than enough to inspire a happy battle
Today the VPME celebrates 10 years at the musical coal face. Yes, on 31st July 2007 we posted ‘ The Burning Ambition Of The Early Diuretics” by Brighton uber-pop band The Pipettes. Listening back it’s
After impressing with the giddy garage surf thrash of their debut single ‘Let’s Talk About Me’, Brighton/London/York based Johnny Kills return with an ode to boredom in the shape of ‘My Shirt Guy Is High.’
Not unlike one of our favourite new artists Dream Wife , Swimming Girls are another band who started life as a ‘musical project’ whilst studying separately at Bath Uni. They were apparently asked to simply ‘write
It’s been a year of landmarks locally this year. Liverpool Sound City celebrated 10 years, and at the end of the month, the VPME is also ten. And another tenth birthday celebration came along at the
Right then here’s last month’s Spotify playlist of tunes you may have missed, or even intentionally avoided … sorry, but there is NO hiding place ;) Or if you’d prefer you can listen to
It may only be in its second year but the Bluedot Festival has already established itself as one of the best small festivals in the UK. It’s also without a doubt, one of the friendliest
After the spiky agitpop of Social Politics and the equally thrilling Pretty Face, Yassassin are clearly a band with a message who take no prisoners ( literally in their new video). They return with a
After the rather epic ‘Fun Garçon’ (which we had previously described as “more fun than throwing rotten fruit at Donald Trump’s massive f*cking stupid c*nting orange head”) Glasgow’s The Van T’s return with another impressive slice of
It’s fair to say Gary Numan’s career has been something of a roller-coaster of a ride. After being thrust into the limelight with his huge dystopian synth pop anthem ‘Are Friends Electric?’ Numan seemed ill-prepared for
Danish trio Baby In Vain who have shared the stage with the likes of The Jesus And Mary Chain and The Kills have just announced the release of their debut album ‘More Nothing.’ As a
Every other Friday we have a radio show on IWFM radio beamed directly from a magical cloud that hovers directly above Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory . You can listen to it live, or catch up via Mixcloud, subscribe
